US appeals court upholds injunction pausing Trump’s White House ballroom

The two-judge majority underscored that the president needed congressional authority to move forward with his plans.

Justice Rao writes a powerful dissent that is likely to find a receptive audience at One First Street.

More than half of the money for the project is coming from taxpayers Alamy Not so fast The ballroom is expected to cost as much as $600 million. AN APPEALS COURT on Friday upheld a US judge’s order to halt construction on President Donald Trump’s prized White House ballroom, but issued a two-week delay to enforcement f

A federal appeals court panel backed a lower court’s ruling, and made it likely that the Supreme Court will decide the case. But the decision does not mean construction will halt immediately.